Jewelry case



June 4, 1929. .E. vo'e-l 1,715,966

' JEWELRY CASE Filed April 23, 1928 Patented June 4, 1929.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LUCIEN EUGENE VOGT, OF ROSLINDALE, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR. TO EARRING- TON MANUFACTURING COMPANY, 013 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, A CGRPORATION OF MASSACHUSETTS.

JEWELRY CASE.

Application filed April 23,

In the art of jewelry cases it has been customary to form the bottom and top of sheetmetal plates with their peripheral margins turned up and down respectively to form sides which either meet or overlap when the case is closed. According to this invention the marginal portion of the bottom plate is not turned up but is provided with downwardly directed portions to support it in spaced relation to a supporting surface said portions preferably comprising integral tabs or projections distributed around the margin of the bottom plate and turned down to form legs.

In the ease of polygonal boxes the integral junctions between the legs and the horizontal portion of the bottom plate preferably extend around the corners of the case and the legs are preferably curved in both dimensions (that is both vertically and horizontally) to afford added strength and to present a pleasing contour. A jewelry pad may be mounted on the unturned or central portion of the body plate, the dimensions of the pad preferably being less than the plate so that the edge of the top or cover may seat on the bottom plate around the pad. A recess is preferably provided for the edge of the cover an d when employing a pad as aforesaid this recess may be bounded on the bottom by said plate and on the inside by the pad although it will be understood that the recess may be formed in other ways.

The edges of the bottom plate are presented substantially horizontally (preferably outwardly without folding the edge portions) in contradistinction to the upturned edges of prior cases formed in the usual way; and those horizontal margins surrounding the pad are preferably covered with leather or other sheet material folded over the aforesaid edges. lVhen the legs are formed of sheet metal they may also be covered preferably with the same sheet material; although they may be covered with contrasting material, especially when formed separately. By applying a. sheet of covering material to the bottom of the case and folding its margins upwardly over the edges of the bottom plate and thence under the pad, a single piece of material may serve to cover all the exposed surfaces of the bottom plate.

For the purpose of illustration a concrete 1928.- Serial No. 272,086.

embodiment of the invention is shown in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. l is a perspective view of a closed case;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged transverse section with the cover open and parts broken away;

Fig. 3 is a top plan of the plate and covering blanks used to form the bottom of the illustrative embodiment; and

4 is a detail section on line 44 of Fig. 2.

The particular embodiment of the invention chosen for the purpose of illustration comprises a cover or top 1, a bottom 2 having downturned legs 3, the top and bottom being interconnected by hinges 4. and a jewelry pad 5 mounted on the bottom.

The bottom 2 comprises a sheet-metal plate preferably formed from a blank such as shown at 6 in Fig. 3. The central or body portion of the plate is disposed horizontally as shown in Figs. 1 and 2 and the downturned legs 3 are formed as integral continuations of the horizontal portions around the corners of the box or case, the blank 6 being provided with corner tabs or projections 7 (Fig. 3) adapted to be shaped into legs by a stamping operation. As shown in Fig. 2 the legs are preferably curved vertically and as shown in the horizontal section of Fig. 4 the legs are also preferably curved horizontally thereby to stiffen the legs and enhance the appearance of the ease. The jewelry pad 5 may be mounted on the bottom in any suit able manner as by adhesive.

A preferred method of applying. the aforesaid covering material to the bottom 2 illustrated in Fig. 3 in whi h 8 indicates a sheet of covering material cut to approximately the proper contour to be applied to the bottom concomitantly with the aforesaid stamping operation, the sheet preferably being gummed on the side next to the blank 6 and the stamping die being heated to cause the covering material to adhere to the sheet metal during the stamping operation. As shown in Figs. 2 3 and 4 the covering material is applied to the bottom of the sheet-metal blank 6 and the projecting margins of the material are folded upwardly over the margins of the bottom during the shaping operation. In order to afford a smooth covering over the outside'of the legs 3 the corners of the blank 8 are preferably recessed as shown at 9 so that the edges 10 and 11 of the recesses meet at a butt joint 12 (Fig. 4) when the margins of the covering material are folded over the blank 6 and pressed by the heated shaping dies.

By applying the covering material to the bottom and folding it outwardly (instead of applying it on the upper side of the bottom 2 and folding it inwardly) a single sheet of covering material covers all of the exposed surfaces of the bottom 2, the pad 5 covering the remaining surface and overlapping the margins of the covering material as shown in Fig. 2; whereas if the covering material were applied to the top and folded downwardly, an additional sheet of covering material would be required on the bottom to conceal the edges of the downturned material.

The top 1 is also preferably covered with leather or other sheet material 13 which may be of a different color to contrast with the covering material on the legs 3, thereby to provide a pleasing contrast.

From the foregoing it will be evident that the horizontal portion of the bottom 2 projects beyond the pad 5 so that the cover may seat thereon around the pad, the lower edges of the cover and the horizontally directed edges of the bottom substantially meeting in the illustration. In the preferred embodiment the recess in the bottom for the edge of the cover is bounded by the surfaces 14 and 15 of the bottom and pad respectively as shown in Fig. 2 but it will be understood that this seating recess may be formed in any desired manner.

I claim:

1. In the art of jewelry cases. the combination of a sheet-metal bottom plate having integral downt-urned legs which comprise integral continuations of the sheet-metal plate formed by bending the continuations downwardly, the legs curving downwardly from the plane of said plate and curving horizontally around the plate, and a cover having a rmaeee downturned peripheral portion of approximately the same horizontal contour as the horizontal portion of said plate.

2. In the art of jewelry cases, the combination of a bottom plate having downturned projections spaced at intervals around its periphery, the edges of the plate between said downturned projections being directed sul stantially horizontally with only the projections bent downwardly. and a cover having a downturned peripheral portion whose edge has approximately the same horizontal contour as the horizontal portion of the bottom plate.

3. In the art of ewelry cases, the combination of a sheet-metal plate having peripheral projections bent downwardly to form legs. a jewelry pad mounted on said plate, and a sheet of finishing material covering the bottom of said plate with its margin folding upwardly over the edges of the plate and over the legs with its edges covered by said pad.

4. Ajewclry case comprising a sheet-metal bottom having rounded corners, sheet-metal legs extending downwardly from the bottom at said corners, the legs being rounded to correspond with said corners. a jewelry pad mounted on said bottom, a cover for the pad seating on the bottom, and sheet material covering the exposed portions of said bottom and legs, the leg covering material extending downwardly from the bottom and folding over the lower and lateral edges of the legs.

5. A jewelry case comprising a sheet-metal bottom, sheet-metal legs extending downwardly from the marginal portion of the bottom, the lateral edges of the legs converging toward the bottom, and sheet material covering the exposed portions of said bottom and legs, the leg covering material extending downwardly from the bottom and folding upwardly over said inclined lateral edges.

Signed by me at Boston, Massachusetts. this 14th day of April 1928.

LUCIEN EUGENE VOGT. 

